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Barclays selling iShares? That's like Apple selling iPhone (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Tough times call for tough measures, apparently. Britain's Barclays plc (ADR:BCS)  is in talks about selling its prized iShares exchange-traded-funds unit, according to reports on Bloomberg and elsewhere. The bank, Britain's third biggest, is trying to raise capital to avoid needing government cash.What a shame. Through its Barclays Global investor...

Posted on March 16, 2009 9:20 AM

Harried corporate dealmakers will empathize (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Have you wondered whether all the high-speed dealmaking in the financial sector is leading to any mistakes? The answer is yes. An item posted on the legal blog "Above the Law" on Friday tells about a couple of associates at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP doing some late-night Excel...

Posted on October 15, 2008 11:32 AM

Barclays and Lehman: Job cuts, trading and risk management integration (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Bloomberg has an update on Barclays plc plans for the U.S. investment banking and capital markets business of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Look for integration of trading and risk management systems "shortly" -- around 5,000 job cuts. ...

Posted on September 23, 2008 3:55 PM

Will Barclays turn its back on Lehman's ETN holders? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Here's an integration decision you don't see in every acquisition. Barclays plc, buying the U.S. investment banking and capital markets business of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. at a bargain basement price, apparently is choosing  whether to assume the obligation of exchange traded notes issued by Lehman. As a group these...

Posted on September 23, 2008 1:05 PM